The forecaster did not rule out a return of cold weather in late March and early April.

Alexander Shuvalov, head of the Meteo forecasting center, allowed the return of frost to Moscow in late March and early April.

In an interview with RT on Sunday, March 16, the specialist noted that in this regard, it is too early to change tires on cars from winter to summer.

Shuvalov also spoke about the weather in the capital in the coming days. So, on Monday, March 17, there will be light snow, no more than 1-2 cm is expected. At the beginning of the week, due to clouds, the air temperature will reach -5 degrees at night and about 0 degrees during the day. Tuesday and Wednesday will be quite frosty: at night, the thermometer will show -10...-15 degrees, during the day the temperature will be about 0 degrees.

In the second half of the week, Moscow will fall into the warm sector of the "far northern cyclone". Starting from Thursday, the temperature will start to rise. At night, the thermometer will show 0 degrees, and in the afternoon it will rise to +6... +8 degrees.

Turning back: cold weather and snow will return to Russia

Icy conditions and snowfall are expected for Muscovites at the weekend.

Also on March 16, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand, in an interview with 360.ru He explained the return of frosty weather to the Moscow region. According to him, after the extremely warm weather in the first decade of March, the temperature regime comes in line with the climatic standards calculated over the past 30 years. Vilfand explained that it was uncharacteristically warm for March in the previous days due to the lack of snow.

On the same day, Evgeny Tishkovets, a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, warned that most of the coming week in Moscow is expected to be cool in March. He noted that there would be no dangerous weather events, with the exception of mosaic and light ice. It may lead to the formation of a temporary snow cover with a height of less than one centimeter, reports "Moscow 24".

Also on March 16, Moscow and the Moscow region declared a "yellow" danger level due to icy conditions. The warning will be valid from 21:00 on Sunday, March 16, to 09:00 on Thursday, March 20.

In February, Roman Vilfand explained why 2025 could be one of the hottest years. According to the expert, it may enter the top three or five hottest years, although, in all likelihood, it will not exceed record figures, notes Pravda.Ru . He added that the current climatic situation on Earth is largely determined by the natural phenomenon of La Niña. It is associated with a decrease in water temperature in the equatorial zone of the Pacific Ocean.